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century
Noun
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A century is a period of 100 years.
My great grandfather came to Canada over a century ago.
The telephone was invented in the 19th century.
Centuries passed before the slaves were freed.
foundation
Noun
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The foundation of something is the basic ideas or work behind it.
These early inventions laid the foundations of modern radio technology.
Her education gave her a solid foundation in all the major subjects.
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The foundation of a building is the solid base that is under it and that supports it.
They dug solid foundations, spending a lot of time pouring concrete into four pits.
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A foundation is an organisation that collects money to do good things.
The Open Software Foundation has opened up laboratories to test software.
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The foundation of a group, business, country, etc. is the act of starting it.
The company has double in size every year since its foundation.
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Foundation is the first layer of cream or makeup.
Dot the foundation over the face-on the nose, the cheeks, the chin and spread working from the face outwards.
the
Determiner
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Used, instead of a, to reference something specific, already known to exist.
Compare "I read a book." and "I read the book."
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Used with a stress, to show that the word following is special.
Are you the John Smith that I went to school with?
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Used with an adjective that acts like a noun to mean all of the people concerned
The poor are always with us.
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Used with superlatives forms of adjectives and adverbs.
You are the best.